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Beijing, 23 June 2016
Industry effort/best practices to ensure safety of product sold online
Presentation
About Us The EU Market Regulatory context Parts of Distribution Channel Role of associations Case study Conclusions
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National Associations bevh (Germany) Adigital (Spain) SDH (Sweden) …
Companies Webshops (cairo.de) Market Places Online retail …
EMOTA The European E-Commerce & Omni-channel Trade Association National Associations Companies Suppliers
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Dialogue on Product Safety • Market Places • Webshops • Logistics • Associations • Producer • …
Secretariat, Brussels
Executive Board
General Meeting
Legal & Government Affairs Committee
Supply Chain Committee
European Trust Mark
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• Lobbying, Networking, • Consultancy, Conferences, Knowledge • => Committee on Market Places • => Ad-hoc group on product safety
• German E-Commerce & Distance Selling Association
• Established 1947, located in Berlin • President: Gero Furchheim
• More than 500 Merchant-Members (OTTO, Cyberport, Amazon, H&M, QVC, …)
• About 130 Preferred Business Partners (Google, PayPal, Deutsche Post DHL, PostNL,…)
• Cooperation with China Express Association
bevh – the German e-commerce association
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• Established 1995 by buying group of brick and mortar furniture dealers
• Multi-channel retailer for high-end design furniture and accessory
• Next day delivery in Germany, stores in Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Munich
• Cross-border business in France, Austria and Switzerland
eCommerce
A €400 billion market in the European Union
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Percentage of population that bought items/services online from 2007 to 2015
81 79 78 76 73 71 71 71 65 59 58 55 53 53 51 51 50 45 42 39 38 37 36 32 32 31 31 26 23 18 15 11 11
Percentage of population that bought items/services online in 2015
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VAT
Data protection
Logistics
Platforms
Consumer rules
Digital contents
Payment services
Competition
Geo-blocking
Product legislation
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Product Rules • Toy Directive • Cosmetics Directive • …
Horizontal Rules • REACH • RoHS • …
Quality • Beyond law • Branding • …
Manufacturing Distribution • Logistics • Wholesaler • Fulfillment center • Retailer • Market place
Consumer • Consumer legislation • Market pressure • Complaints mechanisms • Rapex • …
Enforcement
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Dialogue on Product Safety
• Start Spring 2016 • Participants
o Merchants o Market places o Associations o Logistics
• Aims o Increase communications o Exchange information o Perhaps more
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Key Principles to guide improvement in product safety
• Educate and proactively engage manufacturers and sellers on pre-existing rules to create a clear path to compliance through scalable processes including those driven by regulatory authorities.
• Disseminate information to educate consumers on applicable rules, how to notify authorities regarding product safety concerns and where assistance can be found.
• Strive for rules to be implemented and enforced in a simplified, uniform manner that supports the principles of the Single Market, worldwide standardization (where appropriate) and ultimately increases adoption.
• Share insight and data on best practices to facilitate the identification of trends and areas in which improvements can be made.
• Work towards enforcement cooperation partnerships with key intermediaries. • Endeavour to provide sufficiently detailed and accurately directed notifications between
stakeholders to enable effective corrective action. • Develop procedures which take advantage of online operators’ ability to reach consumers
of products against which corrective action has been taken. • Commit to the ongoing development of measures for the protection of all.
November 2016
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Expert Group on Product Safety
• Established autumn 2015 • Members are product safety specialists from
o Merchants o Market places o Law firm
• Aims o Bi-lateral contacts to increase mutual understanding o Link to politics, regulators and industry
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Main functions • Agreement with manufacturers/suppliers • Logistics • Marketing and Sales • Agreement with consumer
Best practices • Effective relations with suppliers • Random checks before shipment • Consumer complaint mechanisms • Rapex control a.o. • Recalls • Emergency procedures
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CAIRO and Product Safety – as importer
• vendor management system established in cooperation with external testing company (Intertek – using a contact out of a study trip of bevh)
• check of existing certifications (test protocols for CE label, general certifications)
• factory visits • random inspections before shipment • documentation • careful selection of products by experienced buyer
where no label is necessary (furniture produced in craftsmanship)
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CAIRO and Product Safety – as dealer
As dealer with products manufactured in the EU or bought from EU importers • product recalls in two cases in 20 years of company
history • one case based on Rapex announcement in Sweden and
France (smoke detector – alarm volume was not high enough)
• one case with alert to Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) (air purifier – risk of filter becoming too hot with potential risk of fire)
• advantage of mail order business: customer is identifiable and may be contacted
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CAIRO and Product Safety – general
• inspections of goods arrived • customer feedback and return rates are evaluated in
buying process • immediate delisting of products which do not fulfill our
quality criteria • “mail order business is trust business”
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Neccessary activities to ensure the quality and safety of new products
Conrad Electronic as an „Importer“
Inspection of incoming goods
Inspection of outgoing goods
Sampling Inspection
Quality Control of active products
Supply Chain Management
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Safety
Rules, Norms,
Zertificates
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List of test criterias:
- Safety: according to the guideline of the European Standards (EN…; GPSG)
- Functionality: implementing / usage of the product in combination with the the manual
- Processing: spot check regarding the mechanics (casing, display, assembly of parts …) of finished products.
- Technical Data: inspection of technical specifications
- Identification: inspection of the labeling required by law on the product and packaging.
- Certificates: inspection of the attached test reports and drawing up of the required declaration of conformity.
- Manual/Packing: Create manual und packing for end-user according to actual application- and safety standards
- Internationalisation: inspection of the technical restrictions for possible distribution countries
More than 2000 sample-tests per year
More than 5000 inspections per year
Additional 3200 technical income controls per year in Germany
There are more than 40 employees (intern and extern) in charge for this activities
Costs in total are more than 800.000 USD per year!
Facts & Costs
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Need for - International cooperation
- Sharing best practices - Exchange Information - Cooperation between authorities & stakeholders
- Launch of global rapid alert system - Level playing field
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